US20070186906A1 - Method and apparatus for controlling a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in a vehicle - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
- common rail high-pressure fuel storage system
- high-pressure pump a high-pressure pump
- flow control valve for controlling the fuel delivery rate of the high-pressure pump into the common rail
- control unit for triggering the flow control valve.
- German Patent DE 198 34 120 also describes a fuel injection system having a flow control valve that controls the pressure buildup in the common rail. Such flow control valves are used for direct injection internal combustion engines in particular.
- German Patent DE 199 12 966 A1 describes a fuel injection system in which the pressure in the common rail is created by suitable control of the flow control valve.
- the flow control valve is arranged on the intake side of the high-pressure pump. As long as the flow control valve is open, the high-pressure pump can draw in fuel, increase its pressure and then deliver it into the common rail.
- the flow control valve is triggered as a function of the pump lift of the high-pressure pump, i.e., in synchronization with the pump lift, has proven to be a disadvantage.
- the high-pressure pump is driven via a camshaft having one or more control cams.
- the maximum pump delivery is increased with an increase in the diameter and lift of the plunger of the single-plunger high-pressure pump and with an increase in the number of control cams on the camshaft.
- control cams In general, two control cams are used per cam revolution on the camshaft or, for a higher fuel delivery rate, three control cams may be used.
- the flow control valve For uniform triggering of the flow control valve in synchronization with the pump lift according to the known principles given above, however, the flow control valve must be triggered in the correct phase with each cam lift because control of the fuel delivery is accomplished by defining the point in time of triggering of the flow control valve.
- the disadvantage is that the number of control cams on the camshaft and thus the maximum delivery rate are limited, especially at high engine speeds, because of excessively high triggering frequencies.
- the object of the present invention is thus to create an improved method and an improved device for controlling a fuel injection system which will ensure accurate control of the desired fuel delivery rate even at high engine speeds.
- the idea on which the present invention is based is to provide a method and a device for controlling a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, whereby the internal combustion engine has a common rail, a high-pressure pump, a flow control valve for controlling the fuel delivery rate of the high-pressure pump into the common rail and a control unit for controlling the flow control valve, whereby the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail is determined as a function of the prevailing driving state of the vehicle by means of a detection device, and the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is controlled by the control unit as a function of the prevailing fuel demand thus determined in the common rail by means of the control unit, whereby the control is executed in synchronization with and independently of the pump lift of the high-pressure pump.
- the present invention thus has the advantage over the known approaches that control of the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is implemented not in synchronization with the pump lift but instead in synchronization with the prevailing fuel demand as just determined.
- the frequency for triggering the flow control valve can thus be separated from the pump lift frequency and reduced, if necessary, and a high-pressure pump can also be triggered by a camshaft having four control cams, for example, even at high rotational speeds.
- the maximum delivery rate can also be increased to advantage by using four control cams, for example, without resulting in any synchronization problems.
- the fuel pressure in the common rail is detected by a pressure sensor, whereby the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail is determined by comparing the fuel pressure detected with a setpoint pressure.
- corresponding setpoint pressures are stored in an engine characteristics map in a respective memory device.
- the internal combustion engine is designed as a four-cycle engine of a motor vehicle, whereby the high-pressure pump is designed for executing multiple delivery phases during an operating cycle of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine.
- the high-pressure pump is preferably designed as a single-plunger high-pressure pump.
- the working cycle of an internal combustion engine that operates by the four-cycle method is understood to be a crank angle of 720° in conjunction with the present invention because the four cycles of an internal combustion engine—intake, compression, power and exhaust take place within this crank angle.
- the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is controlled as a function of the fuel pressure detected in the common rail and as a function of the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.
- the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve can be controlled suitably as a function of the prevailing driving state of the vehicle, whereby both the prevailing engine speed and the prevailing engine load are advantageously taken into account in triggering the pulse duty factor.
- the flow control valve Up to a predetermined limit rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, four delivery strokes of the high-pressure pump are preferably preselected, where the flow control valve is triggered uniformly with a predetermined basic frequency as a function of the pump lift, i.e., with pump lift synchronization. Therefore, the flow control valve is triggered with a trigger frequency in the noncritical engine speed range up to the limit speed. Only beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine is the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve advantageously controlled as a function of the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail as thus determined. The pulse duty factor is thus controlled in synchronization not with the pump lift but instead with time and as a function of the instantaneous engine load.
- the trigger frequency of the flow control valve for example, can be reduced in a suitable manner without falling below the fuel delivery rate required at that moment.
- the frequency for triggering the flow control valve is reduced by one half in comparison with a predetermined basic frequency beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine, such that the flow control valve is triggered with every second delivery stroke of the high-pressure pump. In this way, even at high engine speeds, a sufficient amount of time is available for accurate triggering of the flow control valve and satisfactory triggering is ensured.
- the pulse duty factor of triggering the flow control valve is preferably controlled beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the flow control valve is triggered with every second delivery stroke of the high-pressure pump for a full delivery stroke and with the in-between delivery strokes of the high-pressure pump, it is triggered for regulating strokes.
- the pulse duty factor of triggering of the flow control valve is preferably controlled beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine such that the flow control valve is triggered for a zero delivery stroke with every second delivery stroke of the high-pressure pump and for regulating strokes with the in-between delivery strokes of the high-pressure pump.
- the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is preferably controlled by a mixed control which consists of alternating operation of the two alternative control operations described above.
- High-speed operation may thus be accomplished even with a single high-pressure pump that is triggered by a camshaft having four triggering cams, i.e., the usable speed range is advantageously expanded.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a high-pressure delivery pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, in which the flow control valve is in a non-triggered state;
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a high-pressure delivery pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, in which the flow control valve is in a triggered state;
- FIG. 3 shows a graphic plot of the engine load as a function of engine speed
- FIG. 4 shows graphic plots of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump during an operating cycle at an engine speed below the limit speed
- FIG. 5 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump in full delivery operation during an operating cycle
- FIG. 6 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump in zero delivery operation during an operating cycle
- FIG. 7 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump at an engine speed above the limit speed and with a high fuel demand during an operating cycle
- FIG. 8 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump at an engine speed above the limit speed and with a low fuel demand during an operating cycle
- FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of an inventive method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 each illustrate a schematic cross-sectional view of the fuel high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, whereby the internal combustion engine has a common rail 1 , a high-pressure pump 2 , a flow control valve 3 and a control unit for triggering the flow control valve.
- FIG. 1 shows the flow control valve in a non-triggered state, i.e., unpowered
- FIG. 2 shows the same in a triggered state, i.e., powered.
- the high-pressure pump 2 is preferably designed as a single-plunger high-pressure pump.
- a single-plunger high-pressure pump is characterized by a simple and sturdy design. The delivery rates are extremely rapidly and reproducibly controllable, i.e., regulable, in the high-pressure space.
- the fuel injection system also has injectors (not shown) which receive fuel from the common rail 1 .
- the common rail 1 is connected to the high-pressure pump 2 by a high-pressure line 14 .
- the high-pressure pump 2 is in turn connected to a low-pressure line 4 , which is connected to a fuel tank 5 along with a low-pressure delivery pump for supplying the fuel.
- the high-pressure pump 2 also has a piston 7 , which is slidingly guided in the cylinder pump and protrudes at one end area into the working chamber 6 .
- the end of the piston 7 remote from the working chamber 6 is preferably acted upon by control cams of a drive shaft and/or a camshaft in the installed position, so that the piston 7 is forced to execute a back-and-forth movement with rotation of the drive shaft according to the respective number of cams.
- the flow control valve 3 is provided between the low-pressure line 4 and the working chamber 6 of the high-pressure pump 2 .
- the flow control valve 3 consists of a nonreturn valve 8 , which is prestressed by a spring 9 , for example.
- the flow control valve 3 includes a magnetic coil 10 with a spring-loaded armature 11 using a spring 12 .
- the armature 11 also has an armature rod 13 that can be connected to the nonreturn valve 8 , so the flow control valve 3 is designed as a solenoid valve that can be triggered by the control unit.
- FIG. 1 shows the non-triggered state of the flow control valve 3 , i.e., the unpowered state, in which the nonreturn valve 8 is always open.
- the control unit triggers the flow control valve 3 , i.e., power is applied to the solenoid valve.
- the armature 11 together with the armature rod 13 is drawn into the magnetic coil 10 so that the nonreturn valve 8 is released and opens or closes as a function of the pump lift.
- the fuel in the fuel tank 5 is conveyed through the low-pressure line 4 to the high-pressure pump 2 .
- the pump compresses the fuel and delivers it through the high-pressure line 14 into the common rail 1 with the flow control valve 3 closed.
- the beginning and end of injection of fuel into a certain cylinder can be controlled by triggering the injectors (not shown here). This control is based on certain performance characteristics of the internal combustion engine.
- the common rail 1 has a pressure sensor 15 for measuring the prevailing actual pressure in the common rail 1 , which is connected to the control unit by signal.
- the flow control valve 3 is triggered accordingly as a function of the deviation between the measured actual pressure and the setpoint pressure, which is explained in greater detail below.
- the flow control valve 3 By means of the flow control valve 3 , the amount of fuel conveyed by the high-pressure pump 2 and thus the buildup of pressure in the common rail 1 can be controlled. To do so, it is necessary for the flow control valve 3 to be triggered at a certain first point in time and for the triggering to be withdrawn at a certain second point in time, i.e., the pulse duty factor—the ratio of the triggering time to the period—is controlled suitably.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a graphic plot of the dependence of the maximum engine load on the engine speed n.
- the engine load is approximately proportional to the fuel demand per operating cycle in the common rail 1 .
- the maximum load and thus the maximum fuel demand per operating cycle in the common rail 1 increase at first steadily with an increase in engine speed n, i.e., they initially increase steadily on operation of the accelerator pedal, with the fuel demand per operating cycle declining again somewhat with a further increase in engine speed n beyond a maximum load. This is due to the fact that the air throughput is reduced beyond a certain engine speed per operating cycle.
- a threshold value is preferably defined with regard to the engine speed n, i.e., a limit speed GZD [sic; GDZ] is defined, corresponding to the engine speed assigned to the maximum load, for example, or being in the range of this engine speed.
- a limit speed GZD [sic; GDZ] is defined, corresponding to the engine speed assigned to the maximum load, for example, or being in the range of this engine speed.
- the flow control valve 3 is preferably triggered with the predetermined basic frequency of the engine speed. This is explained in greater detail below with reference to FIG. 4 .
- an operating cycle of an internal combustion engine that operates by the four-cycle method is understood to refer to a crank angle of 720° because each cylinder runs through the four cycles of a four-cycle engine—intake, compression, power and exhaust—within such an operating cycle.
- FIG. 4 a through FIG. 4 d illustrate the performance of the high-pressure pump 2 at an engine speed n lower than the limit speed GDZ mentioned above;
- FIG. 4 a shows the pump lift plotted graphically during an operating cycle;
- FIG. 4 b shows the pump performance during an operating cycle;
- FIG. 4 c shows the triggering during an operating cycle and
- FIG. 4 d shows the fuel delivery during an operating cycle.
- the flow control valve 3 is triggered uniformly for each pump lift as a function of the pump lift, i.e., in synchronization with the pump lift.
- the flow control valve is powered at a uniform predetermined stroke level, e.g., after half the crank angle of the delivery stroke FH.
- the flow control valve 3 closes at a delivery stroke FH such that a fuel flow is conveyed into the common rail 1 as long as the piston 7 has reached top dead center OT [TDC].
- a pulse duty factor of 0.5 of the triggering is selected in each case so that a uniform periodic triggering is ensured.
- the cycle described above is run through uniformly for each of the four cams on the camshaft, so that four uniform delivery rates are ensured with each delivery stroke FH of the piston 7 .
- the dotted lines shown in FIG. 4 c and FIG. 4 d illustrate shifts in the triggering point in time, in which case a greater delivery rate is delivered into the common rail 1 with earlier triggering of the flow control valve 3 , and a smaller delivery rate is delivered into the common rail 1 with a later triggering of the flow control valve 3 during the delivery stroke FH. This may be utilized to control the total delivery rate during an operating cycle, in which case the triggering point in time can be controlled by the control unit as a function of fuel demand.
- the system consisting of the high-pressure pump 2 with the piston 7 and the flow control valve 3 is preferably designed so that with continuous power to the flow control valve 3 according to FIG. 5 a , a fuel flow full delivery rate according to FIG. 5 b is achieved because the flow control valve 3 is closed during the entire delivery stroke FH of the piston 7 .
- the flow control valve 3 is triggered up to the predetermined limit speed GDZ according to FIG. 4 a through FIG. 4 d , i.e., the triggering is performed uniformly for each cam of the camshaft and thus with pump lift synchronization.
- the triggering of the flow control valve in synchronization with the pump lift and/or crank angle is preferably converted into a triggering which is no longer synchronous for each pump lift but instead is determined as a function of the instantaneous fuel demand in the common rail 1 .
- FIG. 7 shows a first triggering operation
- FIG. 8 shows a second triggering operation
- FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of the inventive method according to the preferred exemplary embodiment.
- Step S 1 in FIG. 9 denotes the measurement of the prevailing engine speed n by means of a tachometer which is provided in general in conventional automotive systems.
- the tachometer is connected by signal to the control unit for transmission of the measured engine speed n.
- step S 2 the control unit compares the engine speed n with the limit speed GDZ which is stored as an engine characteristics map in a memory device, for example, such that for the case when the measured prevailing engine speed n is below the limit speed GDZ, the flow control valve 3 is triggered in step S 3 according to FIG. 4 a through FIG. 4 d .
- the control unit compares the engine speed n with the limit speed GDZ which is stored as an engine characteristics map in a memory device, for example, such that for the case when the measured prevailing engine speed n is below the limit speed GDZ, the flow control valve 3 is triggered in step S 3 according to FIG. 4 a through FIG. 4 d .
- step S 4 the prevailing fuel demand KSB in the common rail 1 is measured.
- the prevailing pressure in the common rail 1 is measured by the aforementioned pressure sensor 15 and the prevailing fuel demand KSB in the common rail 1 is determined by comparing the actual pressure detected with a predetermined setpoint pressure. Characteristic lines for the respective setpoint pressures may in turn be stored in the memory device mentioned above.
- the control unit connected to the pressure sensor determines the prevailing fuel demand KSB and controls the pulse duty factor of the triggering of flow control valve 3 as a function of the prevailing fuel demand KSB thus determined.
- control unit compares the prevailing fuel demand KSB thus determined with a first threshold value SW 1 in step S 5 . If the comparison in step S 5 reveals that the prevailing fuel demand KSB is greater than or equal to the first threshold value SW 1 , then there is a high fuel demand in the common rail 1 , which is represented graphically by range 2 in FIG. 3 .
- the flow control valve 3 is preferably triggered in step S 6 according to FIGS. 7 a and 7 b .
- the triggering frequency for triggering the flow control valve 3 is reduced preferably by one half in comparison with the basic frequency depicted in FIG. 4 c such that every second delivery stroke FH of the high-pressure pump 2 is executed with continuous power flow according to FIG. 5 a and is thus used as a full delivery stroke VFH.
- the delivery strokes FH of the high-pressure pump 2 occurring in between are used as regulating strokes RH, with the delivery rate in these regulating strokes RH being regulated as a function of the triggering point in time as depicted in FIGS. 7 a and 7 b .
- the triggering point in time is in turn adjusted by the control unit as a function of the prevailing fuel demand KSB thus determined so that the required pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve 3 assumes a predetermined value for the desired fuel delivery.
- step S 7 a comparison is performed to determine whether the prevailing fuel demand KSB is less than or equal to a second threshold SW 2 .
- a low prevailing fuel demand KSB in the common rail 1 , which is depicted graphically by range 3 in FIG. 3 .
- the flow control valve 3 is triggered according to FIGS. 8 a and 8 b , the triggering frequency again preferably being reduced by one half in comparison with the basic frequency depicted in FIG. 4 c such that every second delivery stroke FH is executed without power and thus is executed as a zero delivery stroke NFH according to FIG. 6 a and FIG. 6 b .
- the delivery strokes FH of the high-pressure pump 2 occurring in between are utilized as regulating strokes RH by analogy with range 2 , the delivery rate of the regulating strokes RH again being controlled by the triggering point in time by means of the control unit, as illustrated in FIGS. 8 a and 8 b.
- step S 7 If the comparison in step S 7 shows that the prevailing fuel demand KSB is greater than the second threshold value SW 2 , then there is an average fuel demand which is between the high fuel demand range 2 and the low fuel demand range 3 and constitutes range 4 according to FIG. 3 .
- the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve 3 is controlled by mixed control which is composed of the control operations according to steps S 6 and S 8 ; in other words, the system preferably switches back and forth between control operation according to FIG. 7 and control operation according to FIG. 8 until the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail 1 has been covered.
- the flow control valve After a predetermined limit speed, the flow control valve is thus triggered with a reduced triggering frequency in comparison with the basic frequency, the flow control valve is triggered by the inventive controlling of the pulse duty factor and the frequency of triggering of the flow control valve as a function of the prevailing fuel demand process so that even at high engine speeds, a phase-rectified accurate triggering is ensured. Since the inventive method does not require any changes in the fuel injection system, it can be used without any increased cost merely by suitable reprogramming of the control unit.
- engine characteristics maps can also be saved for the corresponding pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve assigned to the particular driving performance of the vehicle and it can also be stored to advantage in the memory device for the threshold values SW 1 and SW 2 .
- the present invention is not limited to a camshaft having four cams and/or to four-pump lifts during an operating cycle but instead may of course also be applied to any desired number of delivery strokes during an operating cycle.
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- This application claims priority to German patent application No. DE 102005031253.5 filed Jul. 5, 2005, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated in its entirety.
- The present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
- The applicant knows of fuel injection systems having a high-pressure fuel storage system (hereinafter referred to as common rail), a high-pressure pump, a flow control valve for controlling the fuel delivery rate of the high-pressure pump into the common rail and a control unit for triggering the flow control valve.
- German Patent DE 198 34 120 also describes a fuel injection system having a flow control valve that controls the pressure buildup in the common rail. Such flow control valves are used for direct injection internal combustion engines in particular.
- German Patent DE 199 12 966 A1 describes a fuel injection system in which the pressure in the common rail is created by suitable control of the flow control valve. The flow control valve is arranged on the intake side of the high-pressure pump. As long as the flow control valve is open, the high-pressure pump can draw in fuel, increase its pressure and then deliver it into the common rail.
- In the above approaches, however, the fact that the flow control valve is triggered as a function of the pump lift of the high-pressure pump, i.e., in synchronization with the pump lift, has proven to be a disadvantage. In the case of a single-plunger high-pressure pump which is used to generate a fuel high pressure with direct gasoline injection and is driven directly by the internal combustion engine, the high-pressure pump is driven via a camshaft having one or more control cams. The maximum pump delivery is increased with an increase in the diameter and lift of the plunger of the single-plunger high-pressure pump and with an increase in the number of control cams on the camshaft. In general, two control cams are used per cam revolution on the camshaft or, for a higher fuel delivery rate, three control cams may be used. For uniform triggering of the flow control valve in synchronization with the pump lift according to the known principles given above, however, the flow control valve must be triggered in the correct phase with each cam lift because control of the fuel delivery is accomplished by defining the point in time of triggering of the flow control valve.
- With these approaches, the disadvantage is that the number of control cams on the camshaft and thus the maximum delivery rate are limited, especially at high engine speeds, because of excessively high triggering frequencies.
- To increase the maximum fuel delivery rate and be able to ensure triggering in the correct phase even at high engine speeds, the present applicant is aware of the approach in which two parallel high-pressure pumps each having two control cams are provided instead of a high-pressure pump triggered via a camshaft having four control cams.
- However, it has proven to be a disadvantage of this approach that a parallel arrangement of two or more high-pressure pumps results in an increased need for space, increased control complexity, increased manufacturing costs and increased manufacturing complexity.
- The object of the present invention is thus to create an improved method and an improved device for controlling a fuel injection system which will ensure accurate control of the desired fuel delivery rate even at high engine speeds.
- The idea on which the present invention is based is to provide a method and a device for controlling a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, whereby the internal combustion engine has a common rail, a high-pressure pump, a flow control valve for controlling the fuel delivery rate of the high-pressure pump into the common rail and a control unit for controlling the flow control valve, whereby the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail is determined as a function of the prevailing driving state of the vehicle by means of a detection device, and the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is controlled by the control unit as a function of the prevailing fuel demand thus determined in the common rail by means of the control unit, whereby the control is executed in synchronization with and independently of the pump lift of the high-pressure pump.
- The present invention thus has the advantage over the known approaches that control of the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is implemented not in synchronization with the pump lift but instead in synchronization with the prevailing fuel demand as just determined. The frequency for triggering the flow control valve can thus be separated from the pump lift frequency and reduced, if necessary, and a high-pressure pump can also be triggered by a camshaft having four control cams, for example, even at high rotational speeds. The maximum delivery rate can also be increased to advantage by using four control cams, for example, without resulting in any synchronization problems.
- According to a preferred embodiment, the fuel pressure in the common rail is detected by a pressure sensor, whereby the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail is determined by comparing the fuel pressure detected with a setpoint pressure. For example, corresponding setpoint pressures are stored in an engine characteristics map in a respective memory device. Thus by comparing the setpoint pressure with the actual pressure, the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail is detected by a simple method, so that the control of the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve can be adapted to the fuel demand detected for supplying a suitable fuel delivery rate to the common rail.
- According to another preferred embodiment, the internal combustion engine is designed as a four-cycle engine of a motor vehicle, whereby the high-pressure pump is designed for executing multiple delivery phases during an operating cycle of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The high-pressure pump is preferably designed as a single-plunger high-pressure pump. The working cycle of an internal combustion engine that operates by the four-cycle method is understood to be a crank angle of 720° in conjunction with the present invention because the four cycles of an internal combustion engine—intake, compression, power and exhaust take place within this crank angle.
- According to another preferred embodiment, the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is controlled as a function of the fuel pressure detected in the common rail and as a function of the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine. In this way, the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve can be controlled suitably as a function of the prevailing driving state of the vehicle, whereby both the prevailing engine speed and the prevailing engine load are advantageously taken into account in triggering the pulse duty factor.
- Up to a predetermined limit rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, four delivery strokes of the high-pressure pump are preferably preselected, where the flow control valve is triggered uniformly with a predetermined basic frequency as a function of the pump lift, i.e., with pump lift synchronization. Therefore, the flow control valve is triggered with a trigger frequency in the noncritical engine speed range up to the limit speed. Only beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine is the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve advantageously controlled as a function of the prevailing fuel demand in the common rail as thus determined. The pulse duty factor is thus controlled in synchronization not with the pump lift but instead with time and as a function of the instantaneous engine load. Thus, at a critical engine speed, i.e., beyond the predetermined limit speed, the trigger frequency of the flow control valve, for example, can be reduced in a suitable manner without falling below the fuel delivery rate required at that moment.
- According to another preferred exemplary embodiment, the frequency for triggering the flow control valve is reduced by one half in comparison with a predetermined basic frequency beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine, such that the flow control valve is triggered with every second delivery stroke of the high-pressure pump. In this way, even at high engine speeds, a sufficient amount of time is available for accurate triggering of the flow control valve and satisfactory triggering is ensured. In the case of a high fuel demand in the common rail, the pulse duty factor of triggering the flow control valve is preferably controlled beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the flow control valve is triggered with every second delivery stroke of the high-pressure pump for a full delivery stroke and with the in-between delivery strokes of the high-pressure pump, it is triggered for regulating strokes. As an alternative, when there is a low fuel demand in the common rail, the pulse duty factor of triggering of the flow control valve is preferably controlled beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine such that the flow control valve is triggered for a zero delivery stroke with every second delivery stroke of the high-pressure pump and for regulating strokes with the in-between delivery strokes of the high-pressure pump.
- In the case of an intermediate fuel demand between the high and low fuel demand in the common rail, beyond the predetermined limit speed of the internal combustion engine, the pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve is preferably controlled by a mixed control which consists of alternating operation of the two alternative control operations described above. High-speed operation may thus be accomplished even with a single high-pressure pump that is triggered by a camshaft having four triggering cams, i.e., the usable speed range is advantageously expanded.
- Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a high-pressure delivery pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, in which the flow control valve is in a non-triggered state; -
FIG. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a high-pressure delivery pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, in which the flow control valve is in a triggered state; -
FIG. 3 shows a graphic plot of the engine load as a function of engine speed; -
FIG. 4 shows graphic plots of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump during an operating cycle at an engine speed below the limit speed; -
FIG. 5 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump in full delivery operation during an operating cycle; -
FIG. 6 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump in zero delivery operation during an operating cycle; -
FIG. 7 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump at an engine speed above the limit speed and with a high fuel demand during an operating cycle; -
FIG. 8 shows a graphic plot of the operating performance of a high-pressure pump at an engine speed above the limit speed and with a low fuel demand during an operating cycle; and -
FIG. 9 shows a flow chart of an inventive method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. - Unless otherwise indicated, the same reference notation is used to refer to the same or functionally identical components in the figures.
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FIG. 1 andFIG. 2 each illustrate a schematic cross-sectional view of the fuel high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, whereby the internal combustion engine has acommon rail 1, a high-pressure pump 2, aflow control valve 3 and a control unit for triggering the flow control valve.FIG. 1 shows the flow control valve in a non-triggered state, i.e., unpowered, andFIG. 2 shows the same in a triggered state, i.e., powered. The high-pressure pump 2 is preferably designed as a single-plunger high-pressure pump. A single-plunger high-pressure pump is characterized by a simple and sturdy design. The delivery rates are extremely rapidly and reproducibly controllable, i.e., regulable, in the high-pressure space. - The fuel injection system also has injectors (not shown) which receive fuel from the
common rail 1. Thecommon rail 1 is connected to the high-pressure pump 2 by a high-pressure line 14. The high-pressure pump 2 is in turn connected to a low-pressure line 4, which is connected to afuel tank 5 along with a low-pressure delivery pump for supplying the fuel. - The high-
pressure pump 2 also has apiston 7, which is slidingly guided in the cylinder pump and protrudes at one end area into theworking chamber 6. The end of thepiston 7 remote from the workingchamber 6 is preferably acted upon by control cams of a drive shaft and/or a camshaft in the installed position, so that thepiston 7 is forced to execute a back-and-forth movement with rotation of the drive shaft according to the respective number of cams. - The
flow control valve 3 is provided between the low-pressure line 4 and the workingchamber 6 of the high-pressure pump 2. Theflow control valve 3 consists of anonreturn valve 8, which is prestressed by aspring 9, for example. Furthermore, theflow control valve 3 includes amagnetic coil 10 with a spring-loadedarmature 11 using aspring 12. Thearmature 11 also has anarmature rod 13 that can be connected to thenonreturn valve 8, so theflow control valve 3 is designed as a solenoid valve that can be triggered by the control unit. - The fuel injection system shown in
FIG. 1 andFIG. 2 functions as follows:FIG. 1 shows the non-triggered state of theflow control valve 3, i.e., the unpowered state, in which thenonreturn valve 8 is always open. However, inFIG. 2 the control unit triggers theflow control valve 3, i.e., power is applied to the solenoid valve. In the triggered state, thearmature 11 together with thearmature rod 13 is drawn into themagnetic coil 10 so that thenonreturn valve 8 is released and opens or closes as a function of the pump lift. - The fuel in the
fuel tank 5 is conveyed through the low-pressure line 4 to the high-pressure pump 2. The pump compresses the fuel and delivers it through the high-pressure line 14 into thecommon rail 1 with theflow control valve 3 closed. The beginning and end of injection of fuel into a certain cylinder can be controlled by triggering the injectors (not shown here). This control is based on certain performance characteristics of the internal combustion engine. - The
common rail 1 has apressure sensor 15 for measuring the prevailing actual pressure in thecommon rail 1, which is connected to the control unit by signal. Theflow control valve 3 is triggered accordingly as a function of the deviation between the measured actual pressure and the setpoint pressure, which is explained in greater detail below. By means of theflow control valve 3, the amount of fuel conveyed by the high-pressure pump 2 and thus the buildup of pressure in thecommon rail 1 can be controlled. To do so, it is necessary for theflow control valve 3 to be triggered at a certain first point in time and for the triggering to be withdrawn at a certain second point in time, i.e., the pulse duty factor—the ratio of the triggering time to the period—is controlled suitably. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a graphic plot of the dependence of the maximum engine load on the engine speed n. The engine load is approximately proportional to the fuel demand per operating cycle in thecommon rail 1. AsFIG. 3 shows, the maximum load and thus the maximum fuel demand per operating cycle in thecommon rail 1 increase at first steadily with an increase in engine speed n, i.e., they initially increase steadily on operation of the accelerator pedal, with the fuel demand per operating cycle declining again somewhat with a further increase in engine speed n beyond a maximum load. This is due to the fact that the air throughput is reduced beyond a certain engine speed per operating cycle. - As also shown in
FIG. 3 , a threshold value is preferably defined with regard to the engine speed n, i.e., a limit speed GZD [sic; GDZ] is defined, corresponding to the engine speed assigned to the maximum load, for example, or being in the range of this engine speed. At an engine speed n below the limit speed GDZ, theflow control valve 3 is preferably triggered with the predetermined basic frequency of the engine speed. This is explained in greater detail below with reference toFIG. 4 . - In conjunction with the present invention, an operating cycle of an internal combustion engine that operates by the four-cycle method is understood to refer to a crank angle of 720° because each cylinder runs through the four cycles of a four-cycle engine—intake, compression, power and exhaust—within such an operating cycle.
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FIG. 4 a throughFIG. 4 d illustrate the performance of the high-pressure pump 2 at an engine speed n lower than the limit speed GDZ mentioned above;FIG. 4 a shows the pump lift plotted graphically during an operating cycle;FIG. 4 b shows the pump performance during an operating cycle;FIG. 4 c shows the triggering during an operating cycle andFIG. 4 d shows the fuel delivery during an operating cycle. - As illustrated in
FIG. 4 a throughFIG. 4 d, up to the limit speed GDZ, theflow control valve 3 is triggered uniformly for each pump lift as a function of the pump lift, i.e., in synchronization with the pump lift. During each upward movement of thepiston 7 from bottom dead center UT [BDC] in the direction of top dead center OT [TDC], i.e., during each delivery stroke FH, the flow control valve is powered at a uniform predetermined stroke level, e.g., after half the crank angle of the delivery stroke FH. After the point in time when power is applied, theflow control valve 3 closes at a delivery stroke FH such that a fuel flow is conveyed into thecommon rail 1 as long as thepiston 7 has reached top dead center OT [TDC]. - During each downward movement of the
piston 7 from top dead center OT [TDC] in the direction of bottom dead center UT [BDC], i.e., during each intake stroke SH, the triggering, i.e., the lack of power to the flow control valve, is retracted at a uniform predetermined lift level, e.g., after half the crank angle of the intake stroke SH as shown inFIG. 4 c in combination withFIG. 4 a. No fuel can be delivered due to the pump in an intake stroke SH. - A pulse duty factor of 0.5 of the triggering is selected in each case so that a uniform periodic triggering is ensured. The cycle described above is run through uniformly for each of the four cams on the camshaft, so that four uniform delivery rates are ensured with each delivery stroke FH of the
piston 7. The dotted lines shown inFIG. 4 c andFIG. 4 d illustrate shifts in the triggering point in time, in which case a greater delivery rate is delivered into thecommon rail 1 with earlier triggering of theflow control valve 3, and a smaller delivery rate is delivered into thecommon rail 1 with a later triggering of theflow control valve 3 during the delivery stroke FH. This may be utilized to control the total delivery rate during an operating cycle, in which case the triggering point in time can be controlled by the control unit as a function of fuel demand. - The system consisting of the high-
pressure pump 2 with thepiston 7 and theflow control valve 3 is preferably designed so that with continuous power to theflow control valve 3 according toFIG. 5 a, a fuel flow full delivery rate according toFIG. 5 b is achieved because theflow control valve 3 is closed during the entire delivery stroke FH of thepiston 7. - On the other hand, in the case when there is no power to the
flow control valve 3 according toFIG. 6 a there is zero delivery of fuel according toFIG. 6 b because theflow control valve 3 is open during the entire delivery stroke FH of thepiston 7 and no pressure can be built up in the workingchamber 6 to ensure delivery of a fuel quantity. - According to a preferred exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the
flow control valve 3 is triggered up to the predetermined limit speed GDZ according toFIG. 4 a throughFIG. 4 d, i.e., the triggering is performed uniformly for each cam of the camshaft and thus with pump lift synchronization. - At an engine speed above the predetermined limit speed GDZ, the triggering of the flow control valve in synchronization with the pump lift and/or crank angle is preferably converted into a triggering which is no longer synchronous for each pump lift but instead is determined as a function of the instantaneous fuel demand in the
common rail 1. This is explained in greater detail below with reference toFIG. 7 throughFIG. 9 , whereFIG. 7 shows a first triggering operation,FIG. 8 shows a second triggering operation andFIG. 9 shows a flow chart of the inventive method according to the preferred exemplary embodiment. - Step S1 in
FIG. 9 denotes the measurement of the prevailing engine speed n by means of a tachometer which is provided in general in conventional automotive systems. The tachometer is connected by signal to the control unit for transmission of the measured engine speed n. - In step S2, the control unit compares the engine speed n with the limit speed GDZ which is stored as an engine characteristics map in a memory device, for example, such that for the case when the measured prevailing engine speed n is below the limit speed GDZ, the
flow control valve 3 is triggered in step S3 according toFIG. 4 a throughFIG. 4 d. Reference is made to the preceding discussion in this regard. - If the engine speed n is greater than or equal to the limit speed GDZ, then in step S4 the prevailing fuel demand KSB in the
common rail 1 is measured. To do so, the prevailing pressure in thecommon rail 1 is measured by theaforementioned pressure sensor 15 and the prevailing fuel demand KSB in thecommon rail 1 is determined by comparing the actual pressure detected with a predetermined setpoint pressure. Characteristic lines for the respective setpoint pressures may in turn be stored in the memory device mentioned above. - The control unit connected to the pressure sensor determines the prevailing fuel demand KSB and controls the pulse duty factor of the triggering of
flow control valve 3 as a function of the prevailing fuel demand KSB thus determined. - For example, the control unit compares the prevailing fuel demand KSB thus determined with a first threshold value SW1 in step S5. If the comparison in step S5 reveals that the prevailing fuel demand KSB is greater than or equal to the first threshold value SW1, then there is a high fuel demand in the
common rail 1, which is represented graphically byrange 2 inFIG. 3 . - In
range 2, theflow control valve 3 is preferably triggered in step S6 according toFIGS. 7 a and 7 b. The triggering frequency for triggering theflow control valve 3 is reduced preferably by one half in comparison with the basic frequency depicted inFIG. 4 c such that every second delivery stroke FH of the high-pressure pump 2 is executed with continuous power flow according toFIG. 5 a and is thus used as a full delivery stroke VFH. The delivery strokes FH of the high-pressure pump 2 occurring in between are used as regulating strokes RH, with the delivery rate in these regulating strokes RH being regulated as a function of the triggering point in time as depicted inFIGS. 7 a and 7 b. The triggering point in time is in turn adjusted by the control unit as a function of the prevailing fuel demand KSB thus determined so that the required pulse duty factor of the triggering of theflow control valve 3 assumes a predetermined value for the desired fuel delivery. - If the comparison in step S5 reveals that the prevailing fuel demand KSB is below the first threshold SW1, then in step S7 a comparison is performed to determine whether the prevailing fuel demand KSB is less than or equal to a second threshold SW2. In this case, there is a low prevailing fuel demand KSB in the
common rail 1, which is depicted graphically byrange 3 inFIG. 3 . - In
range 3 theflow control valve 3 is triggered according toFIGS. 8 a and 8 b, the triggering frequency again preferably being reduced by one half in comparison with the basic frequency depicted inFIG. 4 c such that every second delivery stroke FH is executed without power and thus is executed as a zero delivery stroke NFH according toFIG. 6 a andFIG. 6 b. The delivery strokes FH of the high-pressure pump 2 occurring in between are utilized as regulating strokes RH by analogy withrange 2, the delivery rate of the regulating strokes RH again being controlled by the triggering point in time by means of the control unit, as illustrated inFIGS. 8 a and 8 b. - If the comparison in step S7 shows that the prevailing fuel demand KSB is greater than the second threshold value SW2, then there is an average fuel demand which is between the high
fuel demand range 2 and the lowfuel demand range 3 and constitutesrange 4 according toFIG. 3 . In theindifferent range 4, the pulse duty factor of the triggering of theflow control valve 3 is controlled by mixed control which is composed of the control operations according to steps S6 and S8; in other words, the system preferably switches back and forth between control operation according toFIG. 7 and control operation according toFIG. 8 until the prevailing fuel demand in thecommon rail 1 has been covered. - After a predetermined limit speed, the flow control valve is thus triggered with a reduced triggering frequency in comparison with the basic frequency, the flow control valve is triggered by the inventive controlling of the pulse duty factor and the frequency of triggering of the flow control valve as a function of the prevailing fuel demand process so that even at high engine speeds, a phase-rectified accurate triggering is ensured. Since the inventive method does not require any changes in the fuel injection system, it can be used without any increased cost merely by suitable reprogramming of the control unit.
- In conclusion, it should be pointed out that engine characteristics maps can also be saved for the corresponding pulse duty factor of the triggering of the flow control valve assigned to the particular driving performance of the vehicle and it can also be stored to advantage in the memory device for the threshold values SW1 and SW2.
- Although the present invention has been described above on the basis of preferred exemplary embodiments, it is not limited to these embodiments but instead may be modified in a variety of ways.
- For example, the present invention is not limited to a camshaft having four cams and/or to four-pump lifts during an operating cycle but instead may of course also be applied to any desired number of delivery strokes during an operating cycle.
- The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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